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there was a project in my district no longer being used, the spots were not used for car sharing anymore.did contact my office and filed the complaint with the planning department. >>: will there be penalty fees scheduled? incorporated as part of this? >>: standard planning code violation fees. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> supervisor wiener: if there are no further comment, we will open it up for public comment. do we have any comments?(sounds like). come on up in either order. >>: good afternoon supervisors i'm here speaking on behalf of the sierra club; we oppose this legislation. congestion on city streets.add to the planet contributes to climate change whether internal combustion car or an electric vehicle.20 pounds of greenhouse gases per gallon. so obviously this is a problem for climate change. we have to think about the tipping point and went car gets us to the tipping pointantarctica and greenland. i am reading this book that i recommend to all of you and it does mention san francisco high tide main street. every car you add to the streets add to congestion. share; we think you
there was a project in my district no longer being used, the spots were not used for car sharing anymore.did contact my office and filed the complaint with the planning department. >>: will there be penalty fees scheduled? incorporated as part of this? >>: standard planning code violation fees. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> supervisor wiener: if there are no further comment, we will open it up for public comment. do we have any comments?(sounds like). come on up in...
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thus the northern tunnel has no construction use. thus, the north tunnel itself is no longer -- and it's rationale is no longer adhering and there have no reason to be built. the pagoda theater $1.5 million is unnecessary. the tunnel construction of 2008 is unnecessary. we can save up to $80 million by burying or extracting machines in chinatown or burying them anywhere between chinatown and northern beach, as has been done in brisbane australia, which entombed them in concrete. the tunnel in the english channel did that. new york city's two subway and rail projects are entombing tbms. there are better solutions. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is -- and i'm homeowner in northern beach. i think fixing the pagoda is positive and eliminating union as a construction site is positive, butume not sure that the whole approach is appropriate planning approach for the city to take. we're moving the machines in north beach is really not economically efficient and i think there was a lot of commentary on that t
thus the northern tunnel has no construction use. thus, the north tunnel itself is no longer -- and it's rationale is no longer adhering and there have no reason to be built. the pagoda theater $1.5 million is unnecessary. the tunnel construction of 2008 is unnecessary. we can save up to $80 million by burying or extracting machines in chinatown or burying them anywhere between chinatown and northern beach, as has been done in brisbane australia, which entombed them in concrete. the tunnel in...
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i am bringing that up because maybe what you said it cannot be used in a conditional use but at any rate they're trying to do that. i hope that he could not possiblyback, and offer, which he is trying to do to get his conditional approval. >>: any other comments?douglas -- i would like to speak in opposition to this.jurisdiction so to speak. the city has plenty of problems especially after yesterday's ballgame.what use. there was a comment made orrectly --and advocate.an advocate. we are supposed to have impartial representation rather than people pushing certain agendas. it sounds strange that people should recuse themselves; i think it is opposite san francisco has gone way downhill, one of the reasons is because of special interests. since we are dealing with land use i would like to make a suggestion that since the 49ers are leaving after next year, you should consider the idea of turning candlestick park into a shopping area; from what i hear the only people hanging out there are undesirables. >> supervisor wiener: any other members of the public who would like to make a common item
i am bringing that up because maybe what you said it cannot be used in a conditional use but at any rate they're trying to do that. i hope that he could not possiblyback, and offer, which he is trying to do to get his conditional approval. >>: any other comments?douglas -- i would like to speak in opposition to this.jurisdiction so to speak. the city has plenty of problems especially after yesterday's ballgame.what use. there was a comment made orrectly --and advocate.an advocate. we are...
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these used to be considered gypsy cabs, not because they're using an app. somehow they're innovative entrepreneurs. so, you guys have to do something about this or forget about making any money. you ruined the lives of a lot of drivers already. come on, do something. you know, hire some investigators out there. do your job. >> thank you. anyone else care to address the board under the public comment? okay, seeing none public comment period is closed. director brinkman. >> could we please, director reiskin, get some kind of update on where we stand with not only hiring -- budgeting to hire new inspector to taxi administrative services, but also just where we stand on what we can do about lift inside car and car to go? i did read the new puc rulings. i have to admit i'm a little lost as to where that leaves us and what our options are now. i think it would be really helpful to get an update on that. i know it concerns -- it concerns all of us as city people and taxi riders. >> especially the insurance part. >> especially the insurance part. it worries me to h
these used to be considered gypsy cabs, not because they're using an app. somehow they're innovative entrepreneurs. so, you guys have to do something about this or forget about making any money. you ruined the lives of a lot of drivers already. come on, do something. you know, hire some investigators out there. do your job. >> thank you. anyone else care to address the board under the public comment? okay, seeing none public comment period is closed. director brinkman. >> could we...
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thus the northern tunnel has no construction use. thus, the north tunnel itself is no longer -- and it's rationale is no longer adhering and there have no reason to be built. the pagoda theater $1.5 million is unnecessary. the tunnel construction of 2008 is unnecessary. we can save up to $80 million by burying or extracting machines in chinatown or burying them anywhere between chinatown and northern beach, as has been done in brisbane australia, which entombed them in concrete. the tunnel in the english channel did that. new york city's two subway and rail projects are entombing tbms. there are better solutions. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is -- and i'm homeowner in northern beach. i
thus the northern tunnel has no construction use. thus, the north tunnel itself is no longer -- and it's rationale is no longer adhering and there have no reason to be built. the pagoda theater $1.5 million is unnecessary. the tunnel construction of 2008 is unnecessary. we can save up to $80 million by burying or extracting machines in chinatown or burying them anywhere between chinatown and northern beach, as has been done in brisbane australia, which entombed them in concrete. the tunnel in...
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i don't believe that you can consider a conditional use for various uses that right now are not permitted under the code. section 121.2 provides in the north beach ncd, nonresidential use sizes of 4,000 feet and above are not permitted. i don't think you can consider a 4700 square foot thing until the law has been changed. section 7 80.3 is implicated, as is section 22 1.1. the bottom line here is that i believe as a matter of law, commissioners, respectfully you have the cart before the horse and you cannot adopt this matter until the law has changed in such a way that you can issue the conditional use. * thank you for considering my comments. >>> tough act to follow. commissioners, my name is richard hammond, long-time resident of north beach. and a couple of decades ago in my capacity as a concrete contractor and a foundation contractor, i dug a tunnel under bake man broadway for parking garage. you can see it when the garage doors open. i did another one down the street, another long tunnel, 30, 40 feet. i did one on larkin street. there is nothing exotic about the -- in construction
i don't believe that you can consider a conditional use for various uses that right now are not permitted under the code. section 121.2 provides in the north beach ncd, nonresidential use sizes of 4,000 feet and above are not permitted. i don't think you can consider a 4700 square foot thing until the law has been changed. section 7 80.3 is implicated, as is section 22 1.1. the bottom line here is that i believe as a matter of law, commissioners, respectfully you have the cart before the horse...
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operations that while they could directly administer the different garages, that we have in front of us, they consider the fact that the added oversight and community relations provided by these organizations are in the best interest of the garage and the city. i think and heard and believe that many of you have heard from the leadership of the union square community about the impact that this organization has had in union square within a part of town that sees some of the most densely traveled and densely parking situations that we have in the city. so, with that, colleagues, ask for your support for this and we will proceed. >> great. i assume, colleagues, that we need a roll call on this. we can have a roll call, madam chair. >> on item 16, supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos no. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor chu? chu no. there are 9 ayes and 2 no's. >> the resol
operations that while they could directly administer the different garages, that we have in front of us, they consider the fact that the added oversight and community relations provided by these organizations are in the best interest of the garage and the city. i think and heard and believe that many of you have heard from the leadership of the union square community about the impact that this organization has had in union square within a part of town that sees some of the most densely traveled...
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ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have copies of the january 15th, 2013 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those anixctionv motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection, those minutes are approved. madam clerk, any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our consent agenda items 1 through 12? >> mr. president, before doing so, i wanted to present a point of information. this morning our controller mr. rosenfield identified item number 3, the supplemental appropriations specifically the district attorney positions on item number 3 to have originally been rejected by the board and the mayor in the annual budget for the current year. section 3.15 of the administrative code states that when any supplemental appropriation ordinance subseq
ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have copies of the january 15th, 2013 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those anixctionv motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection, those minutes are approved. madam...
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i choose to use court event because court events that neither office can cook. there are certain numbers that are there and done by the court and through the court's management system. we do not control the number of court events shown in the system. when a case is complex for the public defender, it's equally complex for the prosecution. but when you look at the chart here, you can see that increasingly, we're dealing with very complex cases where the public defender is not here. i'm not here to talk about the historical funding. mr. dachi and i have discussed this presentation and we have frankly agreed to disagree and we work well together and respect one another and i think san franciscans are very fortunate to have the quality of representation that they have in the public defender. if i were a criminal defendant and i was indigent, i would want nobody else but jeff dachi to defend me, but i'm not here to talk about that. i'm here to talk about how we enhance public safety in this community and we cannot do so if you continue to understaff our district atto
i choose to use court event because court events that neither office can cook. there are certain numbers that are there and done by the court and through the court's management system. we do not control the number of court events shown in the system. when a case is complex for the public defender, it's equally complex for the prosecution. but when you look at the chart here, you can see that increasingly, we're dealing with very complex cases where the public defender is not here. i'm not here...
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we're making investments in those companies and we're not using our investments in a wise way. i think it mansion we divest from those companies and put our money in classes where we can make real change. so those are urging - those issues are important and it make sense we have a good dialog about it. the other i item i have is a hearing request and it's from supervisor wiener. last night we were urged to look at the mandates of training for lgb q youth. it was a law passed years ago about how lgb q effects the youth in the memory programs. and now we understand their noting taking care of the youth how they're to be trained and to be sure we understand about this issue which sexual orientation. so our hearing is geared to how the city is meeting this goal and how we can meet our 12 end arrangements >> thank you supervisor coming possess. >> thank you very much good afternoon everyone. thank you for joining us today, i want to bring to our attention that february 4th was the 1 hundred birthday of rosa parks. and i think we will be voting on a reduction today to recognize rosa
we're making investments in those companies and we're not using our investments in a wise way. i think it mansion we divest from those companies and put our money in classes where we can make real change. so those are urging - those issues are important and it make sense we have a good dialog about it. the other i item i have is a hearing request and it's from supervisor wiener. last night we were urged to look at the mandates of training for lgb q youth. it was a law passed years ago about how...
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to the extent we can, we have tried to use volunteer attorneys to fill that gap. i'm sure that the district attorney is referring to the ftes, the full-time positions he has dedicated for that purpose. the chart here, let me make it perfectly clear, this is not guilty there, this means a complete acquittal of all charges. an acquittalis only when you get across the board not guilty. with respect to, we go to the hung juries, where a jury can't make a decision and guilty is where they are convicted of all the charges. so i want to be clear that is what these represent. when you see 54% of your cases, juries saying they are not guilty of that crime, that should at least require that you take pause and say should we have prosecuted that case? if the answer is no, they should not be trying that case. you could argue that domestic violence cases we should try every case, but again, do we have the resources to do that in each and every case? and supervisor chiu, you also asked about the question of whether we should be prosecuting more cases by virtue of the fact that t
to the extent we can, we have tried to use volunteer attorneys to fill that gap. i'm sure that the district attorney is referring to the ftes, the full-time positions he has dedicated for that purpose. the chart here, let me make it perfectly clear, this is not guilty there, this means a complete acquittal of all charges. an acquittalis only when you get across the board not guilty. with respect to, we go to the hung juries, where a jury can't make a decision and guilty is where they are...
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us thes -- the residents are using the streets to house their vehicles. when this legislation started we committed to work with the mayor's office of opportunity and partnership and engagement for a transparent process. to give you a brief update where we are. since the legislation was passed we have been working on a host of things to prepare. first we went to the mta board and got their approval because ultimately each specific location has to be approved by them. we saw the designs of the signs to convey an unambiguous message. we are providing materials to provide notice and we are working with the police, the public, the board of supervisors' staff and others to solicit other locations of concern, and of course to develop guidelines for conducting the before and after study, so the locations have pretty much expanded from the handouts that we provided previously. the locations basically have doubled in size, and here's a map of where they're located graphically. >> and i would note if you take a look at the sunset it looks like there is a lot being a
us thes -- the residents are using the streets to house their vehicles. when this legislation started we committed to work with the mayor's office of opportunity and partnership and engagement for a transparent process. to give you a brief update where we are. since the legislation was passed we have been working on a host of things to prepare. first we went to the mta board and got their approval because ultimately each specific location has to be approved by them. we saw the designs of the...
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mayor lee, supervisor chiu, distinguished guests from the community, city family, all of us coming together. last year we held a pilot project on stockton street to help the merchants and support the merchants in selling their merchandise. we were able -- we were very successful. we got a lot of great feedback from the pilot. so this year again, we are doing the second year of the pilot. all the agencies and the community and the merchants, we got together, and talked about how we can do better. and without further delay, i will ask the mayor to come and say a few words, who is a big supporter of this project. mayor lee. >> thank you mohammed. [ applause ] >> i am very happy to be here. is this okay? all right. all right. [ laughter ] all right. first of all, happy new year to everyone. this is what i'm looking forward to every year and i know the merchants and residents and all the small businesses are excited. a year ago board of supervisors president david chiu and i and members of the community discussed how we can continue the economic vitality of the city and clearly we registered a b
mayor lee, supervisor chiu, distinguished guests from the community, city family, all of us coming together. last year we held a pilot project on stockton street to help the merchants and support the merchants in selling their merchandise. we were able -- we were very successful. we got a lot of great feedback from the pilot. so this year again, we are doing the second year of the pilot. all the agencies and the community and the merchants, we got together, and talked about how we can do...
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thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you
thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the...
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, so i want you to know we have tried using though resources. we have tried the existing laws on the book to address some of the perpetual issues in the district. that hasn't worked for us. it may work different places but it hasn't worked in our area. i think then there is the other issue about having to fix one thing before we move on to this. i think what this will help us do is really highlight the issues of folks who are living in their homes. i think it will really help us figure out what we need and the resources we need to address that issue, so i don't think that we fix -- if we say you fix affordable housing before this issue then we wouldn't ever work on any other thing and affordable housing is such a large issue that we have to continue working on. you know the bonds recently passed by the voters to make significant investment in affordable housing. there is a lot more to do so that is something always on the forefront of the city's work, and finally i think i wanted to address the issue of process. i think that the mta has been wor
, so i want you to know we have tried using though resources. we have tried the existing laws on the book to address some of the perpetual issues in the district. that hasn't worked for us. it may work different places but it hasn't worked in our area. i think then there is the other issue about having to fix one thing before we move on to this. i think what this will help us do is really highlight the issues of folks who are living in their homes. i think it will really help us figure out what...
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we're joined from representatives from the city departments with the cases before us. scott sanchez is here, he is representing the planning department and planning commission. joseph duffy, senior building inspector representing the department of building inspection. john kwong is here and i'm not sure if they are in the room, but i'm expecting representatives from the environmental health section of the department of health. if you could conduct the swearing-in process. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallways. the board's rules of presentation are as follows, appellants, permit holders and department representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the 7 or 3-minute periods. members of the public, who are not affiliated with the partis have up to 3 minutes each to address the board, but no rebuttals. to assist the board in the accurate prepar
we're joined from representatives from the city departments with the cases before us. scott sanchez is here, he is representing the planning department and planning commission. joseph duffy, senior building inspector representing the department of building inspection. john kwong is here and i'm not sure if they are in the room, but i'm expecting representatives from the environmental health section of the department of health. if you could conduct the swearing-in process. >> the board...
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you are accountable to the state government and to the feds for your proper use of that. the president of the ndaa is accountable to nobody. he's already been accountable to the voters and that's it. the constitution provides that understood -- the founders understood it is in the state interest to kill somebody and they have in the constitution a provision called a bill of mark, marqe. i congratulate you and i hope you will urge the congress and the president to use their proper constitutional powers and have the killing done by congress where at least there is some accountability. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john [speaker not understood] and i represent an african university and kenya school of law. i also am interested in talking about mohammed ibrahim award for 2013 and 2014. i currently reside at providence church at 1601 mc kinnon and previously resided at 5 47 haight street in san francisco. there is an interesting program that's being commended by bevan dufty. our city has secured a milli
you are accountable to the state government and to the feds for your proper use of that. the president of the ndaa is accountable to nobody. he's already been accountable to the voters and that's it. the constitution provides that understood -- the founders understood it is in the state interest to kill somebody and they have in the constitution a provision called a bill of mark, marqe. i congratulate you and i hope you will urge the congress and the president to use their proper constitutional...
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i'm not used to seeing you here. so this is a good segue to an item later on the agenda and prepare for example the update of the prop k strategic plan and the five year prioritization program. that's the first place for us to coordinate with the mta and the other sponsors. without giving away too much of that presentation this body works with the sponsors to lay out the next five years of projects. in terms of delivering on time and on budget the most critical to watch is the n-judah customer first project. we helped partially fund a similar project on the [inaudible]. these are critical. it's really the first wave of implementation. these are not subject to the eir. they're accomplishing many of the same things and once it's approved it will make changes to that as well and that is what we will report back to you and on performance benefits as well. >> thank you. i am sure supervisors -- when it comes to that it's a big priority. thank you. >> commissioner breed. >> thank you. i just had a few questions. so this --
i'm not used to seeing you here. so this is a good segue to an item later on the agenda and prepare for example the update of the prop k strategic plan and the five year prioritization program. that's the first place for us to coordinate with the mta and the other sponsors. without giving away too much of that presentation this body works with the sponsors to lay out the next five years of projects. in terms of delivering on time and on budget the most critical to watch is the n-judah customer...
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it would be wonderful if you could actually share that with us. a lot of this is dealing with the security and what happens to prevent inch did herthctiontionv. if would be good to know how you're just operating your business in general. thank you. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? >> long shore man has been around a long time. i've had parties there in the '80s and whatever. but now that the clubs have pretty much tightened up, you're going to be getting probably entertained to a lot of teen parties since there's no liquor there. and the parking lot -- and that's always been my thing. the parking lot is kind of open, dark. i don't know if you have lit it, you have really bright parking lot lighting there. that's part of your security plan or not. the screening process, i'm just showingv that because the long shore man member, just because his son wants to have a party, he has priority over the policy. so, i think what i think we're looking for probably is what is the security plan. i mean, these are great recommendations, but there are st
it would be wonderful if you could actually share that with us. a lot of this is dealing with the security and what happens to prevent inch did herthctiontionv. if would be good to know how you're just operating your business in general. thank you. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? >> long shore man has been around a long time. i've had parties there in the '80s and whatever. but now that the clubs have pretty much tightened up, you're going to be getting probably...
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issues for us to deal with. i think it is appropriated to send back the bill and i do think that the commission the department everybody had come around with the proposals of what is appropriate to be put into that line item and now p to be asked to - i'm glad it's going back to committee for further review and again thanks again for coming out on this issue. again, i will be support the supplemental. i want the item sent back to committee for further review >> thank you. i want to make a few comments. generally when we pass the annual budget in our city we want to give the voters that, in fact, it the budget. that is very important. when this appropriation was before the committee last week supervisor - i share his concerns and i regard such requests with suspicion. there is a high-level of accountability in plays. i want to know what oversight will be put into view to see that the funds are used wisely. the case from the attorneys and the support staff prosecuting violence in this city are are you able so long
issues for us to deal with. i think it is appropriated to send back the bill and i do think that the commission the department everybody had come around with the proposals of what is appropriate to be put into that line item and now p to be asked to - i'm glad it's going back to committee for further review and again thanks again for coming out on this issue. again, i will be support the supplemental. i want the item sent back to committee for further review >> thank you. i want to make a...
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and with with us today is mr. lazard from the arts exhaustion. -- commission. >> good afternoon, supervisor. do you want the short story? because i know you have a long agenda today. >> the short story is fine if that's appropriate to provide us with the information we need. >> thank you. well, with item number 1, these are six spaces, excuse me, on market street just opposite the hyatt regency. and you designated them on a temporary basis previously. they've turned out to be very lucrative spaces for the street artists and they came to the art commission and asked that we ask you to make them permanent. i just want to let you know, though, that your designation as before would exempt these spaces from the -- certain regulations of police code section 2405 that deal with the size of the street artist display. in other words, your typical street artist display, according to regulations, would be three feet wide by four feet long and by five feet tall. but because that particular sidewalk is enormous, it's actually
and with with us today is mr. lazard from the arts exhaustion. -- commission. >> good afternoon, supervisor. do you want the short story? because i know you have a long agenda today. >> the short story is fine if that's appropriate to provide us with the information we need. >> thank you. well, with item number 1, these are six spaces, excuse me, on market street just opposite the hyatt regency. and you designated them on a temporary basis previously. they've turned out to be...
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it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use digital tools and those who don't. >> with young people, having computers and i just don't know. they're doing it fast. so, i want to know. >> not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. >> we don't have a computer. >> we're a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. a federally funded project through the department of aging. so, we're working in 26 locations. our volunteers are trained to be tutors and trainers, offering everything from basic classes all the way to genealogy and job search. >> to me computers, knowing how to use it. >> i think it's really important to everybody and possibly especially seniors to get enough of these skills to stay in touch. >> it's been fun. with seniors, to get them out of their homes. >> so they can connect with their family members. or their family members. >> [speaking in spanish]. >> so, what we focus on is transferring skills from volun
it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use digital tools and those who don't. >> with young people, having computers and i just don't know. they're doing it fast. so, i want to know. >> not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. >> we don't have a computer. >> we're a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. our big problem right now is the broadband...
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i hope you come up and visit us still. but thanks so much for all you've done last year working together with you has been an absolute joy. and it wouldn't have been the same two years for me without having you here. congratulations on your new gig. >> thank you, supervisor farrell. supervisor mar. >> thank you. i just wanted to first say welcome to katie tang. and your remarks today were so great that you showed tremendous knowledge and active involvement. so, you're going to be hitting the ground running indefinitely as the district 4 supervisor and it will be wonderful to work with you. and i know many others that i've talked to feel very similarly but it will be great to work with you. my view, carmen as one of the wisest and kindest people that i've had a chance to get to know on this board. she's been a tremendous representative of the sunset and park side districts as others have said, i think you've been one of the fairest people as well chairing the budget committee, always taking time with all of us to break ever
i hope you come up and visit us still. but thanks so much for all you've done last year working together with you has been an absolute joy. and it wouldn't have been the same two years for me without having you here. congratulations on your new gig. >> thank you, supervisor farrell. supervisor mar. >> thank you. i just wanted to first say welcome to katie tang. and your remarks today were so great that you showed tremendous knowledge and active involvement. so, you're going to be...
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that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how important it is that we get to live side by side with all of these forms that have three billion years of history behind them and how tragic it would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotio l emotional, psychological, spiritual way if we watch them one by one disappear. >> this is sort of a merger between art and science and advocacy in a funny way getting people to wake unand realize
that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how important it is that we get to live side by side with all of these forms that have three billion years of history behind them and how tragic it would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotio l emotional, psychological,...
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we have future procurements and replacing our fleets and the depending on the line it's intended to use for we may up scope. i know the long-term plan is increase the 60 feet vehicles in the plan and that is reflected in the fleet plan. >> thank you. commissioner breed. >>i just wanted to ask a quick follow up question to that. has mta looked into the possibility of increasing the size of the trains for the n judah? >> you mean increasing the physical size -- well, . >> well, first of all increasing the size and if new trains are purchased? >> to answer that question. right now we're in the process of scoping the replacement vehicles that will replace them so we're in that process so we will look at the size of the vehicles and the number of seats in the vehicle. that is being worked on right now. that is in anticipation of purchasing 24 additional light rail vehicles for the central subway when it comes on line and that if for the vehicles that we'll need with that and deal with overall growth at this point in the overall muni network. on top of that we are looking at -- i believe the
we have future procurements and replacing our fleets and the depending on the line it's intended to use for we may up scope. i know the long-term plan is increase the 60 feet vehicles in the plan and that is reflected in the fleet plan. >> thank you. commissioner breed. >>i just wanted to ask a quick follow up question to that. has mta looked into the possibility of increasing the size of the trains for the n judah? >> you mean increasing the physical size -- well, . >>...
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it would be wonderful if you could actually share that with us. a lot of this is dealing with the security and what happens to prevent inch did herthctiontionv. if would be good to know how you're just operating your business in general. thank you. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? >> long shore man has been around a long time. i've had parties there in the '80s and whatever. but now that the clubs have pretty much tightened up, you're going to be getting probably entertained to a lot of teen parties since there's no liquor there. and the parking lot -- d
it would be wonderful if you could actually share that with us. a lot of this is dealing with the security and what happens to prevent inch did herthctiontionv. if would be good to know how you're just operating your business in general. thank you. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? >> long shore man has been around a long time. i've had parties there in the '80s and whatever. but now that the clubs have pretty much tightened up, you're going to be getting probably...
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he said, i used to persecute this way, this christian faith. i went after them and it was on my way out of israel into syria on the road to damascus when jesus christ knocked me off my horse and i saw this bright shining light and he said, saul, saul, why do you persecute me? and he said, delivering you from the people and from the gentiles unto whom now i send you. to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of satan to god. that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. the biggest sin you can commit is not to believe in jesus christ, according to jesus christ. that's the biggest sin you can commit. >> next speaker. >>> hi, my name is trevor johnson. i'd like to bring an issue to the attention of the supervisors. this affects all your districts. there is literally a scourge on the streets of san francisco right now, putting all our citizens and visitors alike in danger. there are two illicitly operating taxi companies operating under the guise
he said, i used to persecute this way, this christian faith. i went after them and it was on my way out of israel into syria on the road to damascus when jesus christ knocked me off my horse and i saw this bright shining light and he said, saul, saul, why do you persecute me? and he said, delivering you from the people and from the gentiles unto whom now i send you. to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of satan to god. that they may receive forgiveness...
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many of us didn't know they existed. why are you not using contingency funds? there are a lot of funds in that and we want one more community meeting. a fire alarm went off and can you tell us short before. we'd like answers to many questions. thank you. >> thank you. >> lance carnes followed by mark bruno. those are the last two people who have submitted a speaker card. >> good afternoon. >>> hi, good afternoon. my name is lance carnes, i'm a resident of north beach. i guess i wanted to make a pointed to about taking care of our neighborhoods. you know, we're certainly going to be in a situation of putting up with a lot of construction without any real benefit to the neighborhood, a station or service. i'd like to start off and echo what the previous speaker said and that is we had a meeting in january 22nd which was unfortunately terminated before a lot of people traveled some distance in fact, to get there, were able to ask questions or get answers. and i'd like you to reschedule that as soon as possible. it's nice to come down here and visit you folks at ci
many of us didn't know they existed. why are you not using contingency funds? there are a lot of funds in that and we want one more community meeting. a fire alarm went off and can you tell us short before. we'd like answers to many questions. thank you. >> thank you. >> lance carnes followed by mark bruno. those are the last two people who have submitted a speaker card. >> good afternoon. >>> hi, good afternoon. my name is lance carnes, i'm a resident of north beach....
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and then the use of the general re serve of 32.2 million. we are assuming you will need to use all of that reserve in order to balance the budget. and then the deposits to reserves, because of our increases to revenue, amount to 11 million. so, that brings us to a projected fund balance estimate of 174 million. as i mentioned before, 103 million of that was already committed to the year two. and the replenishment of the general re serve that we will be using this year needs to be incorporated in next year's budget, leaving us with a projected surplus of $38 million. so, the next slide provides you with a summary of our major tax revenue in the city and it shows you where the bulk of that surplus 72 million come from. and that is property transfer taxes, about $21 million over the budget as we are taking a look at the cash we've received thus far and estimating how much additional property tax revenue we will get for the reminder of the year. our second-largest is -- yes. >> if we can go back to the previous slide, the projected surplus, 38.3
and then the use of the general re serve of 32.2 million. we are assuming you will need to use all of that reserve in order to balance the budget. and then the deposits to reserves, because of our increases to revenue, amount to 11 million. so, that brings us to a projected fund balance estimate of 174 million. as i mentioned before, 103 million of that was already committed to the year two. and the replenishment of the general re serve that we will be using this year needs to be incorporated...